Excerpt from Latin America
Eighteen of the twenty republics in the New World of which the following pages speak have arisen from Spanish origins, and hence are known collectively as Spanish America. Of the other two, Brazil has sprung from Portuguese settlement, and Haiti owes its existence to France. Given the small amount of space that is available, to treat each country in separate fashion would be to compile a statistical summary. Since the group of states is numerically large, and their points of resemblance, on the whole, are greater than their points of difference, to emphasize their individuality throughout would be as difficult a performance as that of trying to satisfy each state that full justice was being shown it in comparison with its fellows. After all, the existence of twenty republics, as such, is less important than is the evidence of what they have done to merit attention.
Unfair and erroneous notions, which are only too prevalent about the lands of Latin America, are best dispelled by bringing forward the proofs of civilization.
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